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Alms house buildings, Blackwells Island

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Image ID

810131


Item data

Title

Alms house buildings, Blackwells Island

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Welfare Island

Names

E. K.

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1840 - 1870

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Wel

Subjects

Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 1800-1899
Almshouses -- New York (State) -- New York

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: Manual of the Corporation of the city of New York. (New York : The Council, 1840-1870) New York (N.Y.). Common Council, Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 9 x 13 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17097727
Barcode: 33333159180245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9e48020-c55b-012f-e02f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1840

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Alms house buildings, Blackwells Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1840 - 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9e48020-c55b-012f-e02f-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1840 - 1870). Alms house buildings, Blackwells Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9e48020-c55b-012f-e02f-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Alms house buildings, Blackwells Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9e48020-c55b-012f-e02f-58d385a7bc34

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